Yoga, wisdom and bliss
Why yoga is considered as important? Yoga attempts and succeeds to bring out the best within
, to isolate the ego from the Self by means of pure knowledge or the knowledge for self-realization. Yoga is a tool that connects mind, body and soul and does not recognize them as different entities. It attempts to unify this trinity on the spiritual plane, as opposed to mind that works on the physical plane. Yoga should not be construed as a physical experience but as a coordinator between body, mind and soul. Yoga in its advanced stage makes one realize the eternal Divine. But such a transition has to be gradual and cannot happen at a faster pace as this could derail the process itself. The experience of yoga leads to wisdom. Wise men do not attach importance to the results of actions as they surrender the fruits of actions to the Divine. Such unconditional surrender becomes possible only if ego is totally dissolved. But it is likely that it could rear its ugly head at anytime, if the mind is not properly trained to function without the influence of ego. This is known as the supreme sacrifice that happens at the doors of God. The fortunate ones, who could train their minds to function without influence of ego and senses, become out of bound for emotions to influence. If such a stage is attained, he transcends the cycle of birth and death. His free will is ready to take him for final liberation. The matters heard and yet to be heard means the level consciousness. When the consciousness reaches higher levels, it also transcends time and space. The highest level of consciousness is beyond light and sound. There exists nothing except this consciousness, all alone ready to merge and be with the omnipresent Divine. Vedic revelations provide different interpretations to divinity. Though Indian philosophy has multiple systems, ultimately they all lead to the Supreme Spirit. There are six known major systems of Indian philosophy. They are Sankhya system, yoga system, mimamsa system, vedanta system, vaisheshika system and nyaya system. All these systems advocate different methods that are unique to each of them. They advocate spiritual awakening by prescribing different road maps. But philosophy has its own limitations. They can neither advocate nor formulate the highest level of Supreme Consciousness, beyond a certain level. There are many Upanishads and all of them identify the divine in their own way, but none of them can delimit God as He is. The truth is that God is beyond all such recitals. The simplest way to understand God is to identify Him within and His power that makes us to function. Instead of locating Him within, we explore Him elsewhere. Wise men have the subjective experiencing of existence is no longer limited by the self-loving ego or personality blocks. They have only one-pointed mind, making a progressive surrender to God. In such an advanced situation, desire, fear and anger have no place at all in his thoughts. In fact, they do not have a second thought, except the thought of God. Their kundalini energy is primarily responsible for surrendering even his free will (will not be influenced by sensory organs) to the will of the Divine. Internal calmness refers to the un-afflicted mind. When the mind is not influenced by senses, the mind is calm. On the contrary, if influenced by senses, the mind gets agitated with all negativities and in the process, influences the organs of action. When organs of action function under the influence of an afflicted mind, it enslaves to habituation. The organs of actions are the main reason for accruing sins which in turn influence karmic account. When mental clarity is attained, the mind never gets adversely influenced. Such clarity can be attained only through single pointed internal focus on the Self and this process is called meditation. When the mind is calmed by meditation, the bliss is realized, making one to be with that bliss forever. In such a stage, he has neither inclination nor time to think about extraneous objects. When he does not get himself associated with actions that he performs, naturally the fruits of such actions are not realised by him. He knows that cause of such actions is not gross body, but the internal Self, with whom he has identified himself steadfastly. Spiritual ignorance is different from the regular ignorance. The latter is eradicated by education and the former by self-control and will power. Pursuing spiritual path enables a person to concentrate more on his job resulting in better output. This happens on account of developing higher level of consciousness. Maya plays a very significant role in retaining a person as spiritual nescient. One has to transcend the effects of maya to evolve spiritual wisdom which is possible only by sincerely practicing internal exploration. This is a slow and gradual process that could take many births. But a beginning is to be made at some point, as one cannot continue to suffer from pains and miseries birth after birth. Introspection by a self realized person is happening perpetually as he has established a firm commune with God and stays with Him. Therefore, whatever action he does, he does not take credit for the fruits of such actions as he is incapable of differentiating him with the Supreme Self. Whether it is light or darkness, be it day or night he does not attach importance to such materialistic changes. Since such self-realized person does not have desires, he always remains peaceful. When mental stability is attained, whatever the material comforts one gets without even asking for them, will not modify his steadfast mind. He remains contended and either pain or pleasure does not change his attitude. In the absence of desire and attachment, he stays calm resulting in mental peace. Peace is nothing but mental modification without desire, attachment and ego. But the peace is initially disturbed and finally destroyed if the mind gets transmuted to its original mundane form. Though the mind is un-transmutable in nature, by practicing meditation, it can be refined and retained. The self-realized person never descends from this level. He has reached this stage after persistent practice by pursuing a rigorous path. By now, he would have realized the difference between this stage and all other lower stages of consciousness. He would have realized the eternal happiness of his present stage. His mind would have got fused to this stage of eternal bliss. As his mind gets fixed on the Supreme Self, it does not get afflicted by material and objective pleasures. There is no cause for any bewilderment due to the fixate stage of his mind. He clearly understands that gross body is susceptible to decaying and merely acts as a sheath or cover to the Divine within. The process of this covering is called maya or delusion. Therefore, he does not attach importance to his physical body. His entire thought is fixed only on the internal self- illuminating Divine. Even at the time of his death, he continues to fix his concentration only on Him. His soul peacefully leaves his body and merges with Divine not to be born again. The merger of this soul with the Creator is called as eternal bliss.
Yoga, wisdom and bliss
By: V.RAVI
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